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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the teacher in Vancouver decide to call Alina because she could not pronounce her name?
(a) Elaine.
(b) Ann.
(c) Kitty.
(d) Ali.

2. What did Eva's mother mean when she said that Eva was becoming "English?"
(a) She was learning the language too quickly.
(b) She wanted to go to school in America.
(c) She was becoming "cold."
(d) She didn't want to be seen with her mother.

3. What did hearing English distorted feel like for Eva?
(a) Grated on her like chalk screeching on a blackboard.
(b) Made her cry.
(c) Made her sick to her stomach.
(d) Made her laugh.

4. What did Eva's father say he wanted back after they lived in Canada for a while that he claimed he always had before?
(a) His peace of mind.
(b) His strength.
(c) His wife.
(d) His politics.

5. How many languages did Eva's mother speak?
(a) Five languages.
(b) Eight languages.
(c) One language.
(d) Nine languages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eva tell Penny that she thought of when she thought of love?

2. When Eva saw a black man on her travels to Vancouver, who did she think he looked like?

3. How, according to Eva, did girls act in Canada when talking about boys?

4. On their trip to Vancouver, how much did four bowls of soup cost?

5. What did Eva believe was the most important thing about speech?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mr. Ostropov play the role of the "mad Russian?"

2. What did Eva mean when she claimed to have "no interior language?"

3. Why did Eva's father struggle so much once the family was living in Canada?

4. Give an example of how the Wydra's became paralyzed by choices and how they made decisions?

5. How did Eva see Mr. Rosenberg after the Wydra's had been in Canada for a bit? How did he change in Eva's eyes and why did she perceive him differently after a short time?

6. As Eva learned new words and expressions, why was she baffled by "You're welcome?"

7. When Eva and her family arrived in Canada, how did Eva view the two parts of her life?

8. Shortly after the Wydra's arrived in Canada, Eva had a bad dream. What was it and why was it significant?

9. When Eva and her friends would see a foreign film in Poland, what questions would they ask about the characters in the film? How does this relate to Eva's life in Canada?

10. How were Eva's views of communism different from her classmates?

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